Awards: Avoq Wins National Gold ADDY
Wed, Jun. 10, 2026
By Steve Barnes
Avoq received a National Gold ADDY in Branded Content & Entertainment for Online/Interactive, at the American Advertising Federation’s 2026 ADMERICA Conference on May 29... LaVoie Strategic Communications Group takes home Bronze Bell Ringer Award in the Government/Public Affairs category from the Publicity Club of New England... Crosby Marketing Communications presents its 2026 Crosby Marketing & Media Studies Scholarship to Deniela Penate, who recently graduated from Old Mill High School in Millersville, MD... BoardroomPR is named to the South Florida Business Journal’s list of the Top 25 Largest Women-Owned Businesses in South Florida.
Washington Women in Public Relations announces finalists for its 16th Annual Emerging Leaders Awards... The Hispanic Public Relations Association opens submissions for its 2026 HPRA National ¡BRAVO! Awards... Clearpoint Agency, which has offices in San Diego and Boston, received gold and bronze honors in the PR category at the American Marketing Association San Diego’s 2026 Sandie Awards on May 21. 
Crosby Marketing Communications won eight Telly Awards, which were announced on May 19. The awards, which cover video and television across all screens, were chosen from nearly 14,000 entries submitted by creators, brands and production companies spanning 55 countries... French/West/Vaughan was recognized at the Telly Awards for its work on Pendleton Whisky’s “Palette of the West” video series... Yulu Public Relations has received a Gold Davos Communications Award from the World Communications Forum Association for its collaboration with Audible on the Audible Indigenous Writers’ Circle.
The Public Relations Society of America awards the 2026 Best of Silver Anvils Award to the American Academy of Pediatrics for its Vaccine Confidence campaign... Laughlin Constable Public Relations was recognized as a Silver Anvil Award Finalist by PRSA for its campaign for the grand opening of PENN Entertainment and Hollywood Casino’s $185 million entertainment destination in Joliet, IL... BridgeView Marketing is cited by the Hermes Creative Awards and the Communicator Awards.
New York Women in Communications will hold the 56th annual Matrix Awards ceremony on May 19 at the Ziegfeld Ballroom in New York City.
MACCO Group, a national business restructuring and financial advisory firm, launches a dedicated crisis communications and special situations practice... Anomaly, a Stagwell unit with 600 staff across its talent hubs in Los Angeles, New York, Toronto, London, Berlin and Shanghai, launches a Paris office... ASTRSK PR opens applications for its 8th Annual Pro Bono Contest. The contest awards one early-stage startup, founded by a woman, BIPOC, AAPI and/or LGBTQIA+ entrepreneur, with a full year of PR services valued at over $200K.
The Public Relations Society of America's New York Chapter is accepting entries for the 39th Annual Big Apple Awards through May 17, with a 15 percent early bird discount (code: EARLYBIRD26) for entries received by April 16... Washington Women in PR opens nominations for the 2026 Washington Women in PR Emerging Leaders Awards... Ragan Communications, along with its Communications Week brand, is accepting nominations for the Zenith Awards through April 17.
French/West/Vaughan wins five 2025/2026 American Advertising Awards, which recognize creative excellence... Crosby Marketing Communications is named a 2026 Google Premier Partner in recognition of its digital advertising performance... The Brand Guild co-CEOs and founders Barbara Martin and Jayne Sandman are named to the Inc. Female Founders 500.
New York Women in Communications names the honorees for its 2026 Matrix Awards, which recognize outstanding achievement and women who exemplify exceptional leadership... Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International held its annual Adrian Awards Celebration February 18 at the New York Marriott Marquis... The Global Alliance for Public Relations and Communication Management announces the winners of its World Public Relations and Communication Awards 2025. 
French/West/Vaughan was honored as one of the Top Agencies of the Year in the Midsize Agencies category during Ragan’s 2025 PR Daily Awards and Top Agencies Awards program... Mason SVP, public relations Derek Beere is named the 2025 Practitioner of the Year by the PRSA’s Greater Connecticut Chapter... The Communications Group’s Women In Industry Podcast (WIN) won Best Business Podcast at the 2025 ARKAST Awards, the biggest podcasting event in Arkansas.
TrizCom Public Relations receives the 2025 PRSA Dallas Pegasus Award Best of Show and the Pegasus Award for Events and Observances for its work on the Peppa Pig Theme Park Dallas/Fort Worth Grand Opening... Violet PR is recognized with two Pyramid Awards from PRSA's New Jersey Chapter... LDWW founding partner and president Ken Luce is named PR Professional of the Year by PRSA/Dallas.
Ruder Finn CEO Kathy Bloomgarden is inducted into the International Communications Consultancy Organization’s Hall of Fame... The New York Financial Writers’ Association presents Bloomberg News editor-at-large Marty Schenker with its 49th Elliott V. Bell Award... 5WPR racks up five wins at the 2025 MarCom Awards.
The New York Financial Writers’ Association awards its 2025 Impact Award for Distinguished Financial Journalism to STAT News for "Denied by AI," a four-part series reported by Casey Ross and Bob Herman... (W)right On Communications president and founder Julie Wright receives the 2025 Andy Mace Award for Outstanding Contribution in Public Relations by the San Diego Press Club... Ghidotti, a Little Rock-based public relations and content marketing agency, earned five international honors at the 2025 Public Relations Global Network Best Practice Awards.
In accepting the top honor at PRSA's ICON conference in Washington, D.C. this week, HUNTER CEO Grace Leong stressed that the greatest threat to truth isn't the lies we can spot, but the comforting myths we choose to believe.
The Public Relations Society of America, Los Angeles Chapter names ChavezPR CEO Stephen Chavez as its Public Relations Professional of the Year... Montieth & Company received two distinctions at the 2025 MarCom Awards, which are administered by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals... The Darnell Works Agency is named PR Agency of the Year in Corporate LiveWire’s 2025 Global Innovation & Excellence Awards.
The Washington Women in Public Relations names Fors Marsh VP, public impact and resilience Natalie Adler Woman of the Year at its annual luncheon on Oct. 3... Champion came in at #6 for the second consecutive year in Entrepreneur magazine’s Franchise 500 Top Suppliers list... Junipr Public Relations receives the Best of Skyline Award, which is awarded by PRSA Chicago.
TIME magazine editor Sam Jacobs was presented with the Daniel J. Edelman award for Social Impact at PRSA-NY's 2025 Big Apple Awards on Thursday, Sept. 18 at Sony Hall in Midtown Manhattan.
Feintuch Communications and NCSolutions take home four trophies at PRSA-NY’s 2025 Big Apple Awards... rbb Communications EVP Sandra Ericson has been named the 2025 recipient of the Bill Adams Lifetime Achievement Award by PRSA Miami... Montieth & Company is named Top Agency Workplace for the second consecutive year on PR Daily’s 2025 Top Agencies List... Pugh & Tiller receives Best PR Agency and Best Web Design Firm honors in The Maryland Daily Record’s 2025 Reader Rankings awards... Impact PR & Communications takes first place on CommPRO’s Top 10 US Public Relations and Communications Companies list. 
